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Re: Platinum 5.25" drive problem
- Subject: Re: Platinum 5.25" drive problem
- From: mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)
- Date: 25 Jul 2001 05:02:06 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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Stephen Shaw wrote (in reply to me ;-):
>> In short, don't worry about using permanent magnets to disrupt the
>> magnetic patterns recorded on floppys (but don't magnetize the hub
>> of a 3.5" diskette--that's not good. ;-).
>
>Isn't the hub a light alloy i.e. non-ferrous in which case it will not
>magnetize.
The shutter is typically non-magnetic, but the hub is plain old steel.
Check it out on a 3.5" floppy you don't care about. ;-)
-michael
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